exaggeration

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of heaping or piling up. countable,uncountable
  2. The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth, reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement. countable,uncountable
    — They say he's a millionnaire, but that's a massive exaggeration.
  3. A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor. countable,uncountable

词形变化

exaggerations plural

词汇关系

近义词
overstatement hyperbole
反义词
trivialization understatement
衍生词
counterexaggeration nonexaggeration overexaggeration

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Latin aggerō
Latin exaggerō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin exaggerātiōbor.
English exaggeration
Borrowed from Latin exaggerātiō.
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